| Title | Document type |
Keynote address by the NATO Secretary General at the ”New Defence Agenda” Conference, Brussels24 May. 2005 “Reinventing NATO – Does the Alliance reflect | Opinion |
Press conference by the NATO Secretary General in Pristina, Kosovo13 May. 2005 important for the process I have just described. This is a very important year for Kosovo but the test of course does not end this year. Kosovo must demonstrate political maturity that can and will endure into the future and that is what the international | Opinion |
Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the NATO Annual Conference14 Apr. 2005 it easier for nations to commit the capabilities to NATO operations. But that most definitely does not mean that we should now sit back and rest on our laurels. We must maintain the momentum. And I will do my part to keep it up. That is the state of play | Opinion |
Address by Gediminas Kirkilas, Minister of National Defence of Lithuania at the NATO Annual Conference14 Apr. 2005 NATO enlargement was of particular concern. Today, these perceived problems are a thing of the past. Our current discussions now focus on national contributions to NATO’s activities, often in areas far away from the Baltic region. As the title | Opinion |
"NATO's role in nation-building" by James Dobbins, International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation01 Apr. 2005 Security Council is smaller than the equivalent EU or NATO bodies. It takes all decisions by qualified majority, only five of its members having the capacity to block decisions unilaterally. Only one, the United States, does so with any regularity. Once | Opinion |
"Improving linguistic interoperability" by Mark Crossey, British Council’s Peacekeeping English Project01 Apr. 2005 courses emphasise a particular form of English, whether “Standard American English” or “Standard British English”, the reality on many postings is that most business is connected with other non-native speakers of the language. This language does differ | Opinion |
"Should NATO support UN peacekeeping operations?" by Peter Viggo Jakobsen & David Lightburn01 Apr. 2005 and is currently involved in a challenging and expanding one in Afghanistan. Now that the Alliance has made the strategic decision to go global and conduct military operations outside Europe, it is both natural and necessary to strengthen existing NATO-UN | Opinion |
Speech by Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General, at ICI Seminar NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy18 Mar. 2005 that NATO’s efforts should assist the individual states, while supporting and building on their current efforts. We also acknowledge that there are a number of other actors in the region. And so NATO’s efforts should also | Opinion |
Speech by Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General, at ICI Seminar NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy18 Mar. 2005 that NATO’s efforts should assist the individual states, while supporting and building on their current efforts. We also acknowledge that there are a number of other actors in the region. And so NATO’s efforts should also | Opinion |
Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel24 Feb. 2005 , Eurocentric approach simply no longer works. We have to address security challenges when and where they emerge, or they will show up on our doorstep. Obviously NATO does not aim to be a global policeman. We have neither the political will nor the means to do | Opinion |
